Level B2 (approx. band 5.5-6.5) · Academic and General Training True, False, Not Given questions frighten more learners than any other Reading task. The officially named task is "identifying information". You read a statement and decide whether the passage agrees with it, contradicts it, or simply says nothing about it. In this episode: • The three answers • Use only the text • Qualifiers: the small words that decide • Common traps • Reading lab • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key points: • False means the text says the opposite. Not Given means the text does not say. • Your knowledge does not count. Only the passage counts. • Underline every qualifier in the statement and compare it with the text. • Check who, what, how much and why. One wrong detail can change the answer. IELTS Complete Course: a self-study podcast from A1 to C2 for Academic and General Training. Listen, pause and answer, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair. Independent course, not affiliated with the IELTS test owners.